Widening, resurfacing of City Limit Road nearing

If not the roughest street in Bogalusa, City Limit Road has to be near the top of the list.

Marked by pot holes, patch jobs that have been patched and re-patched and, for the past few several months rougher still because of the relocation of drain lines and collection basins, there are brighter days ahead for those who drive the road.

That's because bids will be let on August 19 for a widening project that will result in a street that is safer and easier to navigate.

"After the bids are opened, we'll start the project to widen it to 20-feet from Highway 21 to the railroad tracks," explained Leo Lucchesi, director of public works for Washington Parish.

Lucchesi said the city of Bogalusa had moved the drainage lines and installed new collection basins, filling in a wide, deep ditch that ran along the north side of about one-half the length of the street, which runs about 4,800 feet.

"The city did that work and we (Washington Parish) will oversee the widening and paving on the project," Lucchesi said. "The new drains and collection basins went where that ditch was."